Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-02-26
DAYLIGHT
The Weeks News LacOnically Reported
for the Standard.

lOI ilo Othuuuius
Again we find ourselves seated at
our desk endeavoring to think up a
few items to chronicle for the STAN
DARD.
The weather continues wet and
nothing doing in the way ofplowing.
1t looks now as though farmers will
not get to sow many oats in Febru-
airy. Experience teaches us that oats
sown in this month are usually much
better than when sown later.
The time of year for making gar
den is at hand, and the old women
are getting exceedingly anxious to
plant out their "ingerns."
Ye scribe made a visit to Woodbury.
last week. We found the citizens of
Cannon much elated over the pros
poets of having q railroad run through
their county in the near future. Can
non is one of the finest grain growing
and stock raising sections in our
State, and with railroad facilities her
citizens would be an independent
people. While in the city we met
Mr.. w. r. Mingle, the genial editor
of the Cannon Courier, who by the
way is kinsman of ours, and is
making good paper for the people
of Cannon.
Mr.. j. H. Dodd made a visit to the
neighborhood of Murfreesboro Satur-
day, returning Sunday.
Mr.. Hammond, representing a
wholesale boot and shoe house, Nash
vile, was here last week taking or
ders for goods.
Mrs. r. S. Kirby has been quite
sick for several days, but under skill
full treatment she is in a fair way of
recovery.
Miss Lizzie Jones, of Woodbury., is
spending a few days visiting relatives
in this neighborhood.
Mr.. J. B. Henegar, our postmaster,
went to McMinnville Monday.
Several men from this neighbor-
hood attended court at Woodbury.
last week.
Mr.. ]. M. A. Odom, of Auburn,
has placed on sale at Henegar & Sons
store variety of corn which he2 calls
-four corn-which when ground
makes -four instead of meal. Those
who have eaten of the bread made
from the flour, say they defy any one
to tell it from bread made from wheat
flour. He claims wonderful things
for it, if the half of which be so, il
would pay far better to grow it than
wheat.
H. III. Holland, of Chattanooga, is
on visit to his parents.
Last Sunday morning at the resi-
dence and by J. X. P. Whitlock, Mr..
ID. S. Weaver and Miss Pink Barnes
were united in matrimony. May
theirs be life of usefulness.
According to Madame Rumor We
are to have another wedding ere thi'
goes to print.
The citizens of Bald Knob and vi
cinity have petitioned for postoffice
at that place. Should the postoffice
authorities see proper to grant then
an Office, it will be a great conven
fence to the people of that neighbor
hood.
One day last week Mr.. w. II
Mitchell went to Cannon county
Some of the boys thinking he haC
gone to get married and would be a
home Friday evening with his bride
collected all of the boys, horns, bells
old tin pans, etc., and repaired to tn
residence of Mr.. Mitchell's fathe
where they gave rousing serenade
but on being invited in, to their sur
prise they didn't see the object @
their search. Mr.. Mitchell returned
home in short time, but he didn'
bring any wife. Guess the boys vii
be little slow on the serenadinj
question next time.
E. X. Mcknight, the "blind boy,
will give slight-of-hand perform
ance at the Bates school house mex
Saturday night.